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6:20 PM ET, August 4, 2019

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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets …
Discussion: The Week and Denver Post
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen.  ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator.  —  Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived.  His response was immediate and instinctive.  —  “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting …
New York Times:
Dayton Shooting Live Updates: Gunman Killed 9, Including His Sister  —  Nine people were killed and 27 others were wounded, the police said.  It was the second American mass shooting in 24 hours, and the third in a week.  —  RIGHT NOW The police said the gunman killed at least one other person before he shot his sister dead.
CBS News:
9 killed in Dayton, Ohio, in second U.S. mass shooting in 24 hours  —  Nine people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter was killed by police, authorities said.  Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began …
Wajahat Ali / The Atlantic:
The Death Rattle of White Supremacy  —  Will America finally confront the violent death rattle of white supremacy?  Or will it fail to inflict the coup de grâce, allowing the ideology of hate to revive itself into a global movement, with radicalized young men engaged in what they believe is a zero-sum war for survival?
April Glaser / Slate:
8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now  —  Three white-nationalist shooters appear to have posted manifestos on the same troll forum.  Here's how 8chan became a meme-filled refuge for hate.  —  Late Saturday morning, a young white man entered a Walmart in El Paso, Texas …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan.  Its founder calls it a terrorist refuge in plain sight.  —  The El Paso massacre began like the fatal attacks earlier this year at mosques in New Zealand and a San Diego-area synagogue: with a racist manifesto and announcement …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Dayton mayor says gunman who killed 9 wore armor  —  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on a deadly mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio (all times local):  —  Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley says the gunman in a mass shooting that killed nine people in Ohio was wearing body armor and had extra magazines.
CNN:
The El Paso shooting is being treated as a case of ‘domestic terrorism,’ US attorney says  —  El Paso, Texas (CNN)Federal authorities are treating the El Paso mass shooting as a case of domestic terrorism, the US Attorney for the Western District of Texas said Sunday.
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
Sister: El Paso shooting victim, 25, ‘gave her life’ for son  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A 25-year-old woman who was shot while apparently shielding her 2-month-old son was among the 20 people killed when a gunman opened fire in a crowded El Paso shopping area, her sister said.
CJ Werleman / Sydney Morning Herald:
US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis  —  At a few minutes before 11 am on Saturday in El Paso, Texas, a gunman in his early 20s opened fire on a crowd of shoppers in a mall killing at least 20 and wounding dozens of others, placing the suspect's rampage among the top ten deadliest mass shootings in US history.
Associated Press:
9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre
Discussion: Slate, Hullabaloo and Breitbart
New York Times:
Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online
Los Angeles Times:
‘Very much a loner’: What we know about Patrick Crusius, the suspect in the El Paso massacre
Washington Post:
9 killed in Ohio, suspect identified in second U.S. mass shooting within 24 hours
Washington Examiner:   Trump must name and condemn the evil of white nationalism
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The El Paso Shooting Is Being Treated As “Domestic Terrorism” …
Discussion: VICE
Kadia Tubman / Yahoo News:
Republican officials point to video games after El Paso mass shooting
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and The Atlantic
Richard Parker / New York Times:   When Hate Came to El Paso
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke slam Trump in wake of El Paso massacre, face backlash for politicizing tragedy
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and Politico
El Paso Times:
El Paso shooting updates: 20 killed in El Paso Walmart shooting near Cielo Vista Mall
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fractured shoulder Sunday from a fall outside his home in Louisville, briefly hospitalizing the Kentucky Republican, his office said in a statement.  —  “This morning …
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
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Axios:
Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling at Kentucky home  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has fractured his shoulder after falling at his Kentucky home, his spokesman said in a statement Sunday.  He has been treated and released from the hospital and is working from his home in Louisville.
Discussion: Washington Post
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Trump's America unravels in one bloody nightmare weekend.  Now it's time to clean house  —  Nobody made a super-big deal about it on March 15, 2019, when the president of the United States — in his fancy baggy suit, over-long tie hanging down behind the Resolute Desk, veto pen in hand …
James Comey / New York Times:
Mr. President, Please Take a Stand Against Racism  —  The nation's ability to contain it is faltering.  —  Mr. Comey is a former director of the F.B.I.  —  America has long had a radioactive racist soup in the center of our national life.  Donald Trump thinks he is stirring it for political benefit.
 
 
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
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